The Weekly Atticus

This Week at Atticus Review

May 07, 2022

A recap of the week's writing at Atticus Review. Intro by Christopher Linforth.

As

whittles down its selection of books for its forthcoming front catalog, Atticus founder Dan Cafaro is concurrently setting up a bookstore and literary space in Fountain Hills, Arizona! Let us know via social media what new and recent books you'd like to see in an independent bookstore! Would you select Jennifer Egan's latest

or Hernan Diaz's 

? What about some recent indie books? Who should we know about?

On Atticus Review this week: a stunning piece of creative nonfiction by Leslie Contos, a powerful flash by Patricia García Luján, and a bittersweet poem by Marceline White. From the archives we're spotlighting Paisley Green's "Brain Child" and recent Best Small Fictions 2022 selection "My Grandmother's Tattoo" by Joseph Tepperman. New to the Attic, we have Molly Ringling's review of Chuck Klosterman's The Nineties.

Remember you can also write for the Attic section of Atticus Review. I'm looking for articles/interviews/CNF-style pieces related to all matters literary. Subscribers of this newsletter can pitch me at: [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you. Please note that book reviews still need to go through Submittable. Check out the archives for the sort of pieces we like.

Lastly, we're now open for our special Internet-themed issue. For this August issue, we're interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways. Consider submitting today!

Until next week, thanks so much for reading. Christopher LinforthEditor-in-Chief 

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

NEW FROM THE ATTIC

NIRVANA, NAPSTER, AND NOSTALGIA: A REVIEW OF CHUCK KLOSTERMAN’S THE NINETIESbyMolly Yingling"Klosterman manages to elevate pop culture to high culture, deepening that which appears shallow, and looking past stereotypes, first impressions, and the smokescreen of nostalgia in order to find some form of generally applicable truth."

ISSUE ONE SPOTLIGHT

MUSH, WINTER 2021byMarceline White"My hair loses color, I lose track of time,days blur between scheduled zoom calls andsurrender. Too tired to try yet anothernew recipe, the memory of mush surfaces."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: May 2017BRAIN CHILD by Paisley Green"Just like a fingerprint or iris, each human’s pattern of brain folding is unique."READ ON

ISSUE TWO THEME

For our August issue, we're interested in the ways the advent of the Internet Age has influenced literature, altered our sense of being and sense of belonging, made us rethink connection and connectivity, and changed our daily lives. We're open to work that interrogates and celebrates contemporary online culture, and work that considers the intersections of digital technologies in our on- and off-screen lives. Though this may sound formal, we're very open to creative work that broaches Internet culture and Internet-influenced life, in more tangential and interesting ways.

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